RicordiIl medico dei pazzi
90'; Cicillo pretends to be running a clinic to get money from his grandfather. When his grandfather comes to visit, Cicillo needs to create an asylum .. and quickly; Libretto: Giorgio Battistelli, loosely after the Totò film 'Il medico dei pazzi' by Mario Mattòli;
(WP) 20-28 jun; Nancy, Opéra national de Lorrainep. Carlos Wagner

www.fabricebollon.comOscar und die Dame in Rosa
An opera for the whole family (12+); The dying ten-year-old Oscar is shown how to live his remaining life to the full by grandmother Rosa, a former Olympic wrestler; After the novel by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt;
(WP) 5 jan-21 mar; Theater Freiburgp. Clemens Bechtel

www.michaeldellaira.com/The Death of Webern
Anton Webern was shot dead by an American GI as he smoked a cigar after dinner one evening. Music collector Hans Moldenhauer tries to find out what happened; Libretto: JD McClatchy;
(WP) 10-12 okt; New York, Pocket Opera Players

www.jonathandove.comSiren Song
A love-starved sailor becomes entangled in an affair of letters with a person he assumes to be a lonely young woman; Opera in 1 act, 70' (London Almeida, 1994); Libretto: Nick Dear, after the novel by Gordon Honeycombe;
4-6 okt; Boston University Fringe Festival

www.heinergoebbels.comI went to the house but did not enter
A staged concert in three tableaux, 75' (Edinburgh International Festival, 28 Aug 2008); After "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S.Eliot; "The Madness of the Day" by Maurice Blanchot; "Worstword Ho!" by Samuel Beckett
6-8 mar; Lyon, Biennale Musiques en Scène

All About My Family
Can the conventional Matsen family save 17 year old adoptee Simen from rebellion, or will he save them from conformity?; Co-composer: Karianne Jæger. Musical arrangement: Tyrone Landau; Youth opera for and by teenagers, 60'; Libretto: Astrid Niebuhr;
(WP) 17-18 jan; Bergen National Operap. Pernille Elimar

El Mozote
Opera in 2 acts (Bogota, 2008); The first Salvadorean opera is about the sole survivor of a 1981 army massacre during the civil war; Libretto: Claudia Hérodier;
7-8 des; San Salvador, Ópera de El Salvadorp. Baltazar López

www.huangruo.com/An American Soldier
The death of Chinese-American Private Danny Chen following the racial abuse and 'hazing' by his fellow soldiers; Second commissioned opera in the WNO American Opera Initiative; Libretto: David Henry Hwang;
(WP) 13-14 jun; Washington National Operap. David Paul
Dr Sun Yat-sen
(Hong Kong 2011); The political and personal life of Sun Yat-sen; Libretto: Candace Mui-ngam Chong;
(NP) 26 jul-14 aug; Santa Fe Operap. James Robinson

Salomé
Antoine Mariotte wrote his adaptation of Wilde's play before Richard Strauss' more famous version, but copyright problems kept it off the stage after a few short runs in 1908.; Opera in 1 act (Lyon, 1908); Libretto after the French play 'Salomé' by Oscar Wilde;
(NP) 28 feb-8 mar; München, Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding

www.williammayer-composer.comA Death in the Family
Winner of the 2012 Armel Festival and Competition; Opera in three acts; Libretto: William Mayer, after the novel 'A Death in the Family' by James Agee, and after the play 'All the Way Home' by Tad Mosel;
6 sep; Opéra Grand Avignonp. Róbert Alföldi

www.tarikoregan.comThe Wanton Sublime
The Virgin Mary struggles to retain her flesh and blood identity in the face of external forces intent on symbolizing her as the ideal woman; Chamber opera in one act, 30'; Libretto: Anna Rabinowitz;
(WP) 22 apr; New York, American Modern Ensemble

Shelter
In this fable for the nuclear age, a father protects his family at any cost, a mother chases storms, and a nuclear physicist is midwife to a child who glows in the dark...; Chamber opera; Libretto: Julie Salverson;
12-15 jun; Toronto, Tapestry Operap. Keith Turnbull

www.henripousseur.net/Votre Faust
The audience selects the story line and development from a large amount of material created by Pousseur in his 'Fantaisie variable genre opéra' (Piccola Scala, Milano; 1969);
(NP) 8-9 nov; Theater Baselp. Aliénor Dauchez

Ragnheidur
The Bishop's daughter, Ragnheiður, swears in front of the congregation that she is a virgin, nine months before giving birth to a baby boy. Oath-breaker? or rebel?; Libretto: Friðrik Erlingsson, after events in 1661;
(WP) 1 mar-6 apr; Reykjavik, The Icelandic Operap. Stefán Baldursson